11.11.2012 Views

Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Barbara Tuchman, A Distant Mirror: <strong>The</strong><br />

Calamitous 14th Century (1978): Of all mankind's<br />

ideas, the equating <strong>of</strong> sex with sin has left the<br />

greatest train <strong>of</strong> trouble.... In Christian theology,<br />

via St Paul, it conferred permanent guilt on<br />

mankind.... Its sexual context was largely<br />

formulated by St Augustine, whose spiritual<br />

wrestlings set Christian dogma thereafter in<br />

opposition to man's most powerful instinct.<br />

<strong>Thomas</strong> Maras, <strong>The</strong> Contradictions in the<br />

New Testament (1979): In disagreement with<br />

[Matthew and Luke], who wish him to be a direct<br />

Son <strong>of</strong> God, Paul says to us [in Rom 1:3-4] that in<br />

the flesh Jesus is the descendent <strong>of</strong> David, and<br />

only in power is the Son <strong>of</strong> God.<br />

Patrick Henry, New Directions in New<br />

Testament Study (1979): <strong>The</strong>re remains in the<br />

popular mind a strong suspicion ... that Paul<br />

corrupted Christianity (or even founded a different<br />

religion).... Jesus [was] a teacher in the<br />

mainstream <strong>of</strong> Jewish prophetic piety,... while<br />

Paul ... takes the irrevocable step away from<br />

Judaism <strong>of</strong> rejecting the [Mosaic] law.... Paul<br />

imported into the Christian community a form <strong>of</strong><br />

350

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!